Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 1114-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-geronimo-ytm119-pkt-1114-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Geronimo (first) - YT-119 entry (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page 404s on all candidate URLs, standing NHHC link-rot defect; Wayback captures of the legacy history.navy.mil/danfs/g5/geronimo-i.htm page exist per CDX) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'The first Geronimo (YT-119), a harbor tug, was built at the Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., and commissioned at Boston 7 March 1933 as YT-119. She was named Geronimo and reclassified YTM-119, 15 May 1944. She served in the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor as a service craft until being placed out of service at Honolulu 30 August 1946. Geronimo was struck from the Navy List 30 December 1946 and was sold by the War Assets Administration to John Hanson 13 July 1948.' Spec block: dp. 270; l. 110'6"; b. 24'; dr. 8'1".
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1931-1948 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1931-33); crew (1933-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS compresses the naming into the reclassification sentence - the name was in use earlier (ev-02 lists her as 'Geronimo' on 7 Dec 1941). Out-of-service date (30 Aug 1946) and sale date (13 Jul 1948) conflict with NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum (30 Apr 1946 / 23 Jul 1948) - see gaps. Length (110'6") conflicts with NavSource (98').
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-geronimo-ytm119-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Department Library Online Reading Room, 'Ships and District Craft Present at Pearl Harbor, 0800 7 December 1941' (archived copy - live NHHC URL returns 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Archived page, 'District Craft Harbor Tugs (YT)' table, Geronimo YT-119 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC list places Geronimo, hull number YT-119, inside Pearl Harbor (area inside the nets) at 0800 local time on 7 December 1941, under 'District Craft Harbor Tugs (YT)', alongside Sotoyomo (YT-9), Osceola (YT-129), YT-130, Nokomis (YT-142), Hoga (YT-146), YT-152, and YT-153. Geronimo carries no sunk/destroyed marker and no note; the list preamble counts both commissioned ships and non-commissioned district craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-12-07
- Population
- Tug's crew on station, 7 Dec 1941
- Limitations
- Establishes presence inside Pearl Harbor at 0800 on 7 Dec 1941 and confirms the name 'Geronimo' was already in use on the YT-119 hull at that date. Does not establish her berth, her actions during the attack, damage status beyond absence of the sunk/destroyed marker, or any material/asbestos content. Live NHHC URL 404s (standing link rot); cited via verified Wayback capture 20151108155249.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-geronimo-ytm119-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, Geronimo (YTM-119) ex USS YT-119 (14/08119) - timeline, awards, specifications, disposition, captioned photography (verified live 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 14/08119.htm header block, awards block, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: built by Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA; authorized August 1931; launched 20 December 1932; commissioned YT-119 7 March 1933; assigned to Fourteenth Naval District at Pearl Harbor 1933-1946; named Geronimo by August 1941 (exact date unknown); present at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941; decommissioned and placed in service as Geronimo (YTM-119) 15 May 1944; placed out of service at Honolulu, TH, 30 April 1946; struck 30 December 1946; sold by the WSA/War Assets Administration to John Hanson 23 July 1948; registered to Crowley Launch & Tugboat Co., San Francisco, as tug Navigator (ON 260386) in 1950; still extant 1975. Awards listed: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Pearl Harbor), American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 battle star), World War II Victory Medal - 'earned one battle star for World War II service'. Specs: 270 tons, length 98', beam 24', draft 8'1", diesel-electric, single propeller, 834 shp; complement, speed, armament unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1931-1975
- Population
- Crew (1933-46); post-Navy merchant crews (1950-)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates track DANFS where overlapping but conflict on three points (out-of-service 30 Apr vs DANFS 30 Aug 1946; sale 23 Jul vs DANFS 13 Jul 1948; length 98' vs DANFS 110'6") - see gaps. Awards compilation not verified against the official Navy battle-star list (NAVPERS). Post-Navy merchant disposition is register-level only. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-geronimo-ytm119-03
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[5]NARA moving-image record NAID 2663369 / local ID 428-NPC-47631, 'Pearl Harbor: Spring 1942' (Cmdr. John Ford, USNR, film unit), plus NARA San Francisco Pearl Harbor Navy Yard General Correspondence files 1941-45 photograph (metadata transcribed in NavSource captions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 2663369; NavSource 14/08119.htm photo captions (014404c; 140811903-05)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-held footage and photography document this hull at work at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 9 April 1942: still frames show Geronimo (YT-119) moving USS California (BB-44) to drydock and standing by as the refloated battleship crosses the drydock sill. This is physical-presence documentation of the tug's wartime work inside the Navy Yard - the working environment context for her crew.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-04-09
- Population
- Tug crew working the Navy Yard drydocks, April 1942
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: footage establishes presence and task (ship-handling at the drydocks), not work performed aboard or materials present. NARA catalog pages are JS-rendered and could not be independently fetched from this session; NAID and series metadata transcribed via NavSource captions - direct verification open. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-geronimo-ytm119-04
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[6]Shipscribe, 'U.S. Navy Harbor Tugs, Large, 1922-1945 (later YTB and YTM)' photo gallery - class list compiled from the Navy's 1949 Ships Data Book and NAVSHIPS 250-641 Ship Contracts (verified live 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe YT119-p.html class list, 'Early' row and 15 May 1944 reclassification note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe's official-source compilation groups YT-119 in the unnamed 'Early' group of large Navy harbor tugs (orders 1931-37): YT-119, YT-128-129, YT-131, YT-133-134 - no class name was assigned. It further documents the 15 May 1944 fleet-wide reclassification scope: all surviving early-group YTs (119, 128, 129, 133, 134) went to YTM (Harbor Tug, Medium) while later-built harbor tugs went to YTB - confirming why this hull became YTM rather than YTB.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1931-1945
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation built on official sources (1949 Ships Data Book; NAVSHIPS 250-641) - class table fields for the Early group are blank in the source, so no dimensions/tonnage taken from it. Grouping/context only; contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-geronimo-ytm119-05
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[7]NavalCoverMuseum, GERONIMO_YTM_119 and YT_119 pages - ship name/designation history and awards (verified live 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavalCoverMuseum GERONIMO_YTM_119 'Ship Name and Designation History' and 'Other Information' sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavalCoverMuseum's designation chronology: USS YT-119 commissioned 7 March 1933 until about 1939; name GERONIMO assigned about 1939, first seen in the 1940 Navy Directory - 'This was the name and designation at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor'; redesignated District Harbor Tug, Medium (YTM) 15 May 1944; placed out of service 30 April 1946; struck 30 December 1946; sold 23 July 1948 by the War Assets Administration to John Hanson. Awards line matches NavSource: American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 battle star, World War II Victory Medal.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1933-1948
- Limitations
- Collector-community wiki (secondary compilation) - the ~1939 naming date is approximate and 'first seen in the 1940 Navy Directory' is itself a citation the museum provides, not independently verified here. The 30 Apr 1946 and 23 Jul 1948 dates corroborate NavSource against DANFS's 30 Aug 1946 / 13 Jul 1948 - conflict logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-geronimo-ytm119-06
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[8]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block and construction record (diesel-electric harbor tug, Boston Navy Yard 1932-33); NavSource specifications (diesel-electric, 834 shp); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos program context (gao.gov product page - full text blocked HTTP 403); shipyard-exposure-map documented product list for boston-naval-shipyard (John Crane gaskets/sealing materials, appellate litigation record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; shipyards.json boston-naval-shipyard record
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-electric harbor tug built 1932-33 at a U.S. Navy yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (GAO: Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships until substitution began in the early 1970s; this hull's entire 1933-46 service predates substitution). Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel-electric harbor craft of this period: engine-room and machinery insulation, diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical/wire insulation. As a diesel-electric craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1931-1948
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1931-33); crew (1933-46); Pearl Harbor Navy Yard trades working alongside her (1933-46)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for YT-119/YTM-119. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The Boston Naval Shipyard product identification is yard-level litigation material, not a hull record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-geronimo-ytm119-07
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[9]Kolonel et al., Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard worker cohort (PMID 4016758; 1985); Sinks et al. Hawaii mesothelioma case-control (PMID 7918819; 1994); EPA Superfund site HI6170024339, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - all via shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json yard record [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard evidence rows (PMID 4016758; PMID 7918819; EPA HI6170024339)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The yard where this tug spent her entire 1933-46 service - and where she is photographed working the drydocks in April 1942 - is a documented asbestos site: a retrospective cohort of 7,971 male Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard workers found mesothelioma incidence of 67.3 per million men/year versus 5.8 statewide (11.6x; 7 mesotheliomas in the resident subset, 1977-1982); a 1994 case-control study associated Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard work with an approximately 10-fold mesothelioma increase (OR 10.1, 95% CI 2.6-56.6); EPA documents asbestos contamination around Dry Dock 3, in multiple buildings, and in pipe systems across the 148-acre complex (NPL site HI6170024339).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1950-1979 (cohort follow-up); wartime working environment
- Population
- Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard workers (cohort); tug crew working within the yard complex (context)
- Limitations
- Station-yard and worker-cohort documentation, not a hull record - YT-119/YTM-119 is not named in these studies and the cohorts cover shipyard workers, not afloat crews. Yard asbestos presence does not establish materials aboard this tug, individual exposure, or quantity. Cohort exposure classification was by job title, not personal fiber measurement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-geronimo-ytm119-08
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[10]Batch-9490 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NHHC ships-present list (Wayback); NavSource hull page and Pearl Harbor list; Shipscribe YT gallery; NavalCoverMuseum; NARA NAID lead; CourtListener API v4 (partially throttled - see ledger); secondary web litigation/asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-geronimo-ytm119-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Geronimo / YT-119 / YTM-119 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com 'SS Geronimo' page - which targets a merchant hull, not this tug) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. CourtListener coverage this session was partial under fleet pacing - see ledger for exact query status.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 2026-10-05
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1932-built naval vessel operated inside the Navy's documented asbestos era. Deck logs, 14th Naval District and Pearl Harbor Navy Yard correspondence/work records (RG 24, RG 181), and the War Assets Administration sale file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-geronimo-ytm119-09
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[11]DANFS, Geronimo (second) - ATA-207 entry (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page 404s) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS ATA-207 service narrative and spec block (dp. 835; l. 143'; b. 33'10"; dr. 13'2"; s. 13 k.; cpl. 45)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DISAMBIGUATION: the second Geronimo (ATA-207) is a different vessel - an auxiliary ocean tug built by Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX; originally designated ATR-134; launched 4 January 1945 as ATA-207; commissioned 1 March 1945 (Lt. Joseph K. Hawkins); name Geronimo assigned 16 July 1948; served the Pacific war (Leyte, Guadalcanal, Noumea, Eniwetok), decommissioned 19 September 1947 at Orange, TX, and loaned in 1962 to the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries as a research ship. Any source attributing ocean-tug service, a 1944-45 build, or post-1962 oceanographic service to 'Geronimo' does not describe this harbor tug.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1945-1962 (ATA-207 coverage window)
- Limitations
- Corrects a same-name collision, not a material claim. ATA-207's record is entirely separate - this row exists so tier classification and litigation sweeps do not merge the two hulls. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-geronimo-ytm119-10